I order Manhattans. I drink Old Fashioneds. And nearly every time I announce this request to a bartender, I get the knowing nod—the unvoiced approval and the respect that comes along with defying the expectations of what a woman usually drinks. And usually this approving bartender is a male. By nature of its history, bartending is a male-dominated industry, one in which women tend to work a little harder to earn the same credibility bestowed upon our dark-spirit swilling counterparts.
This Is What Happens When You Replace The Women In Ads With Men. Kevin Spacey Hilariously Answers Questions That Female Celebrities Get Asked On The Red Carpet. Majorité opprimée : quand les rôles masculins et féminins sont inversés.

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Doing Gender with Wallets and Purses. I once heard a transgender woman give a talk about the process of socially transitioning to being recognized as a woman.

She discussed various decisions she made in taking some final critical steps toward the social identity of woman. She talked at length about her hair. She asked, “What kind of woman am I and how is my haircut going to indicate that?”
Men and Women! They Talk Like People!
Your Relationship Failed Because You're A Girl. Photo: Shutterstock Why is your dating life unsatisfactory?

Probably because you’re a girl. In the course of one misogyny-packed Huffington Post column, blogger Amy Chan manages to shame women for being too feminine and not feminine enough, too selective and too slutty.
Real Men Eat Quiche: Recipes for Manhood. A look at an ad that’ll leave a bad taste in your mouth, as well as how our relationship with what we eat is spoiled by outdated recipes of gender.

I decided to try going Vegan on Sept 4th. It was a moment of either congratulation or crisis intervention for some friends. “Is everything ok??” Or “Whoa, why are you giving up meat?!?” My reasoning was to instill more mindfulness in my life, starting with the planning and preparation of what I eat.
Gender and the Body Language of Power. We’re celebrating the end of the year with our most popular posts from 2013, plus a few of our favorites tossed in.

Well, Adrienne H. sent in a particularly humorous example: an advertising image from Pajamagram, featuring “hoodie-footies” for the entire family. They are color-coded — pink for girls, blue for boys — all the way down to the dog and cat. So, there you have it; I’m not crazy after all.

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Wow, who knew I could love Scarlett Johansson so much?? I posted this on Bitch Flicks‘ Facebook page but thought it was too great not to post here too. At The Avengers press conference in London, a reporter proceeded to ask Robert Downey Jr. an in-depth, thought-provoking question about his character (Tony Stark/Iron Man) and then asked Johansson about her diet. I shit you not. Reporter: “I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. “And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?”
Stéréotypes sexistes dans les médias: au tour des électrices!
Mon souhait à moi, en regard de la couverture médiatique de cette campagne électorale qui s’achève, c’était que disparaissent une bonne fois pour toutes le fameux double standard et les stéréotypes qui infiltrent ou caractérisent le traitement des femmes politiques.

En fait, consciente qu’on partait de très loin, j’espérais surtout qu’ils s’estompent ou deviennent un «phénomène» marginal, à tout le moins.
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Heightism Is A Social Construct Based In Gender Norms. By Guest Blogger Geoffrey Arnold, Oct 24, 2011, at 11:51 am Cross-posted at The Social Complex. Take a look at these two images. The people in Image A and Image B are identical, save for their relative heights and the way that their heads are tilted in order to maintain eye contact. Now how do you think each of these images would be independently perceived by the average person? How do you perceive the events depicted in these images? (see full sized image here) Do one of these men seem “assertive” while the other seems “submissive” or “pushy”? If you are being honest with yourself here, you probably are imagining many differences in the social interactions depicted in these two images that don’t actually exist outside of our cultural framework.